Applescript FAQ

Applescript Studio What is AppleScript Studio? Core Language Simple to understand “What is” questions Folder Actions What is a folder action and how do I use one? Text Manipulation Intermediate to Advanced text string manipulation Application Scripting How can I make my applications AppleScriptable? OS X Finder General Scripting under Mac OS X Scripting Additions How can I create my own OS X Scripting Additions? General Information Is an applescripter a “programmer”? Miscellaneous Info Where can I find a Scriptable Text Editor? AppleScript Language Guide Introduction to AppleScript Language Guide

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
About the Applescript FAQ category Applescript FAQ	0	677	December 13, 2022
How do I round a number to two decimal places? General Information macscripter-v1	1	4324	December 24, 2017
Mac OS 10.6 & Acrobat 10 ~ Save/Print PostScript with Shrink to Print Application Scripting macscripter-v1	0	1274	February 25, 2011
Where I find more information about AppleScript online? General Information macscripter-v1	2	1491	March 12, 2008
Can I put scripts in the Finder toolbar? OS X Finder macscripter-v1	0	1332	August 14, 2007
Can I create a droplet in AppleScript Studio? Applescript Studio macscripter-v1	0	1493	August 8, 2007
How do I add user preferences to my application? Applescript Studio macscripter-v1	0	1196	July 8, 2007
How do I add a toolbar to my application's window? Applescript Studio macscripter-v1	0	1212	July 8, 2007
How do I add help to my application that works in Help Viewer? Applescript Studio macscripter-v1	0	1224	July 8, 2007
I need more information about creating icons Applescript Studio macscripter-v1	0	1087	July 8, 2007
What is AppleScript? General Information macscripter-v1	0	1202	August 22, 2006
What do I need to run AppleScript? General Information macscripter-v1	0	1157	August 22, 2006
How to create an Objective-C subclass Applescript Studio macscripter-v1	0	2372	August 5, 2006
Substring: "text" against "characters" Text Manipulation macscripter-v1	0	1494	March 23, 2006
What about parsing HTML in AppleScript? General Information macscripter-v1	0	1063	November 5, 2005
Recursion against iteration Core Language macscripter-v1	0	1801	October 31, 2005
Can I evaluate expressions in AppleScript, as in other languages? Core Language macscripter-v1	0	1509	October 31, 2005
How can I calculate the length of a text? Text Manipulation macscripter-v1	0	1217	October 28, 2005
Advanced text manipulation Text Manipulation macscripter-v1	0	1079	October 24, 2005
Can I assign a keyboard shortcut to an AppleScript? General Information macscripter-v1	0	1196	October 23, 2005
To "the" or not to "the" Core Language macscripter-v1 , TextEdit	0	1083	October 22, 2005
Welcome to the Applescript FAQ! Folder Actions macscripter-v1	0	1123	October 22, 2005
Welcome to the Applescript FAQ! Application Scripting macscripter-v1	0	887	October 22, 2005
Welcome to the Applescript FAQ! Text Manipulation macscripter-v1	0	970	October 22, 2005
Welcome to the Applescript FAQ! OS X Finder macscripter-v1	0	968	October 22, 2005
Welcome to the Applescript FAQ! Applescript Studio macscripter-v1	0	900	October 22, 2005
Who manages memory in AppleScript? General Information macscripter-v1	0	1189	October 22, 2005
How can I url-encode a text in UTF-8 notation? Text Manipulation macscripter-v1	0	1249	October 21, 2005
How can I convert a text between different encodings? Text Manipulation macscripter-v1	0	1208	October 21, 2005
Can I read/write text as UTF-16? Text Manipulation macscripter-v1	0	1196	October 21, 2005